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Can colchicine prevent recurrence of new-onset acute pericarditis?

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boxed-textImazio M et al. (2005) Colchicine in addition to conventional therapy for acute pericarditis: results of the COlchicine for acute PEricarditis (COPE) trial. Circulation 112: 2012–2016

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  1. Director of Cardiac Rehabilitation Unit at the Cardiac Rehabilitation Institute, Sheba Medical Centre, Tel-Hashomer, Israel

    Yehuda Adler

  2. Professor at the Division of Cardiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA

    David H Spodick

  3. Professor of Medicine Emeritus at the University of California, San Diego and attending physician at the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Ralph Shabetai

  4. senior physician in the Department of Medicine, Niguarda Ca'Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy

    Antonio Brucato

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Adler, Y., Spodick, D., Shabetai, R. et al. Can colchicine prevent recurrence of new-onset acute pericarditis?. Nat Rev Cardiol 3, 78–79 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio0463

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